Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

8 reviews

diabro87's review against another edition

3.75

Really effective scares and atmosphere, less thematic impact than other books I've read lately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Abandonment

detective_dipstick's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Violence, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

ravenpuff's review

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

aleen_elizabeth's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

killmoore_'s review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I wanted to love this so much, and I might have... as a movie. The intentionally vague writing style fell flat considering we had all the details of the parents uncomfortable bedtime monologuing, but none of the intense visual descriptions that a child would use to describe something truly unnatural - it felt like an easy way out. I had no idea what I was supposed to be scared of. 

It was an incredibly tense read with no real payoff, and an ending that left me so disappointed that I don't honestly know if I'd read another book by this author. If the awful ending, missed potential with the writing style and the atrocious characteristics of Ursula weren't enough to put you off of this book, the over use of the word "piqued" sure as shit will. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

bookedandbusy's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book was incredibly creepy and eerie! The fact it was told from the perspective of an eight-year-old makes it even scarier and I will be seeing other mommy in my nightmares for the rest of my life 🤠 I loved the format of the book. This was the perfect spooky read!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Infidelity

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Gaslighting and Abandonment

opplecopter's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infidelity, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing and Death

Minor: Pregnancy and Abandonment

skyed88's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.75

It concept was great, just poorly executed. Nobody is likeable, I hate that I had to have read the word ‘daddo’ a hundred times. And if anything the books design was more to make you feel miserable rather than scared. And the ending was super built up and incredibly unsatisfying

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity and Abandonment